Modern Era

1750 to 1914



The Modern Era was a time in which much change was beginning to occur. Advances were being made technologically, economically and culturally through events such as the Industrial Revolution. The result of these changes enabled countries to colonize and others to begin their own revolutions.



Modern Europe
  • westernization/modernization
  • exploitation
  • reformation/Enlightenment

Modern Asia
  • isolation
  • colonization
  • westernization/modernization/urbanization

Modern Africa
  • colonization
  • loss of control
  • conversion
  • exploitation
  • slave trade

Modern North America

  • colonization
  • exploitation
  • revolution-independence movements

Modern Middle East
  • Decline
  • Loss of power against Western Rule